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For all of the undeniable integrity and rigor marking Rudolf Serkin’s later performances, for listeners their frequent lack of charm and tonal allure was not
Beethoven’s 1970 bicentennial ushered in a slew of recordings, including a piano concerto cycle from Decca featuring soloist Friedrich Gulda with the Vienna Philharmonic under
It’s amazing how different the Berlin Philharmonic sounds on this 1961 Beethoven Seventh from the one Karajan recorded around the same time for Deutsche Grammophon.
Solomon was working his way through a Beethoven Sonata cycle for EMI when he suffered the stroke in 1956 that ended his career. The 18
Trio Cracovia offers a nicely varied program of minor-key works that, being presented in such close proximity, underlines their stylistic differences. Beethoven’s aggressiveness strains to
As with several previous installments of this Beethoven cycle, pianist Garrick Ohlsson uses a rebuilt Mason and Hamlin grand, whose slightly nasal timbre changes from
Ronald Brautigam is one of those pianists who invariably sounds fresh and involving, even in music that you thought you knew really well. One of
Ivan Fischer’s Beethoven Seventh surely ranks with the best among recent performances. The first-movement introduction isn’t too slow, and the allegro is a delightful romp
If you can get past the ugly, cavernous sound quality surrounding Piotr Anderszewski’s piano in the Op. 126 Bagatelles, you’ll better appreciate his fastidiously detailed
Beethoven expended little effort over arranging his Violin Concerto for piano. He left the orchestration intact, reproduced the solo part more or less verbatim, and
